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CVE-2019-19240

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-19240 describes a vulnerability in Embedthis GoAhead versions prior to 5.0.1, where mishandling of redirected HTTP requests with large Host headers can lead to a buffer overflow. This flaw, rated Medium (CVSS 5.3), allows for the leakage of uninitialized data in responses due to a static host buffer overflow. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:embedthis:goahead:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0154 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / embedthis/goahead/issues/289
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / embedthis/goahead/issues/290
Third Party Advisory
github.com / embedthis/goahead/releases/tag/v5.0.1
Release Notes